About the job
Location: Cambridge, UK – This role offers flexible working arrangements; however, candidates must either reside in or be willing to relocate within a reasonable commuting distance of our Cambridge office for necessary onsite attendance.
This is a fixed-term contract lasting 22 months.
Are you a talented environment artist with a passion for crafting stylized, high-quality environments and efficient world-building workflows? As an Environment Artist for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, an open-world survival crafting game developed in Unreal Engine 5, you will play a crucial role in shaping an immersive and expansive game world. Your contributions to level art, props, and world building will enhance a stylized visual narrative that embraces exaggerated realism.
This hands-on position is ideal for a versatile environment artist, allowing you to work autonomously across various production areas, from asset creation to in-engine execution, while ensuring a cohesive and scalable world.
Your Responsibilities:
- Create and implement top-tier environment assets spanning level art, props, and world building using Unreal Engine 5.
- Develop modular kits and reusable assets to facilitate scalable open-world development.
- Produce assets through modeling, texturing, and material creation that align with the project's unique visual style.
- Work independently throughout the environment production process, from conceptualization to final in-engine integration.
- Collaborate with art leads and external partners to guarantee outsourced content meets established quality and stylistic standards.
- Adhere to established production pipelines, optimizing assets for performance in a vast, interconnected world.
Your Qualifications:
- Robust experience in creating environment art for games utilizing Unreal Engine and industry-standard 3D software (e.g., Maya, ZBrush, Substance).
- Generalist skill set encompassing level art, prop creation, modeling, and texturing.
- Experience with open-world or large-scale environments.
- A strong portfolio showcasing stylized environments or exaggerated realism.
- Familiarity with integrating and evaluating outsourced assets within a production workflow.
- Knowledge of modular workflows and asset optimization for real-time environments.
- Experience with lighting or supporting concept art is a plus.
What We Offer:
Joining Jagex means you will enjoy a comprehensive Perks & Benefits package, including:
- Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
- Discretionary annual performance bonus.
- Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
- Life Insurance.
- Enhanced family leave policies from day one.
- Flexible working hours.
